Weekend of whacking our way to Washington waterfalls
Posted: June 18th, 2013, 7:36 pm
Inspired by 'Bobcats' recent trip report of Rattlesnake Falls, Melinda and I headed to Washington for a weekend of chasing waterfalls. First stop was Rattlesnake Falls which we had never visited before. The falls are located ten miles east of the town of Husum in Washington. On the drive out towards the falls we passed large patches of poison oak on the sides of the road, that made the hair on necks stand. We reached Rattlesnake Creek and with caution scanned the area for poison oak. There is no official trail here, so we followed a cattle-trail down stream.
The canyon was huge compared to the size of the creek. It was really impressive. After grabbing a few pictures, Melinda and I hiked down stream until we reached the lower falls. The best view point of the falls was quite sketchy on the edge of a cliff. Lower Rattlesnake Falls. Me hiking by Rattlesnake Falls back towards where we parked. After leaving Rattlesnake Creek we stopped by Husum Falls when we got back to the main road. We grabbed a few pictures and then headed up the road to BZ Corner to visit the falls there. BZ Falls are access via a trail on the way down from where the kayakers launch. Not the most impressive falls, but an easy hike to do. BZ Falls After BZ Falls we headed towards the town of Glenwood to check out Outlet Falls which lies six miles to the east of the town. Mt Adams from the southeast side.
Outlet Falls are located right off of the main road going to Goldendale. Views are easily had with a short scramble. Outlet Falls While Melinda was taking pictures above I made the steep scramble down the canyon to grab a shot from below.
Outlet Falls from below. Even though this waterfall seems pretty, the water just looked dirty. Yuck!
The sun was setting and our next set of waterfalls were on the southwest side of Mt. Adams. We made it to Dry Creek and set up camp just before dark with anticipation to what lied ahead.
I've run out of time for today, but I will continue this report for that weekend soon.
Finally we reached Rattlesnake Falls. The canyon was huge compared to the size of the creek. It was really impressive. After grabbing a few pictures, Melinda and I hiked down stream until we reached the lower falls. The best view point of the falls was quite sketchy on the edge of a cliff. Lower Rattlesnake Falls. Me hiking by Rattlesnake Falls back towards where we parked. After leaving Rattlesnake Creek we stopped by Husum Falls when we got back to the main road. We grabbed a few pictures and then headed up the road to BZ Corner to visit the falls there. BZ Falls are access via a trail on the way down from where the kayakers launch. Not the most impressive falls, but an easy hike to do. BZ Falls After BZ Falls we headed towards the town of Glenwood to check out Outlet Falls which lies six miles to the east of the town. Mt Adams from the southeast side.
Outlet Falls are located right off of the main road going to Goldendale. Views are easily had with a short scramble. Outlet Falls While Melinda was taking pictures above I made the steep scramble down the canyon to grab a shot from below.
Outlet Falls from below. Even though this waterfall seems pretty, the water just looked dirty. Yuck!
The sun was setting and our next set of waterfalls were on the southwest side of Mt. Adams. We made it to Dry Creek and set up camp just before dark with anticipation to what lied ahead.
I've run out of time for today, but I will continue this report for that weekend soon.